Is this sentence in active voice or passive voice? Our sailboat may have been damaged during that turbulent storm. active voice passive voice Submit

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Is this sentence in active voice or passive voice?
Our sailboat may have been damaged during that turbulent storm.
active voice
passive voice
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Passive voice

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The sentence "Our sailboat may have been damaged during that turbulent storm" is in the passive voice. In passive voice, the subject of the sentence is being acted upon by the verb. In this case, the subject "our sailboat" is receiving the action of being damaged. The use of the auxiliary verb "may have been" also indicates the passive voice construction.
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